Russian Studies | Bachelor's degree | Languages | On Campus | University of Richmond | USA

Why study Russian? Why not study Russian? You will master the alphabet in the first week of class. More importantly, the study of Russian language, literature, and culture brings you into contact with a vast, resource-rich area of the world that has always been of paramount importance in global affairs, first as a Eurasian empire under the Tsars, then as a 20th-century superpower called the Soviet Union, and today as a still-transforming, powerful Russian Republic. Within the liberal arts curriculum, a focus on Russian Studies provides the best of both worlds"”the beauty and philosophical richness of great literature, music, and art, along with the practical career advantages of knowing a "strategic" language for government jobs, international law and business, and global health organizations.